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unhappycamper

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Sat Sep 13, 2014, 05:32 AM Sep 2014

Cops fatally shoot Utah man carrying a sword, but they won’t say why [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/12/cops-fatally-shoot-utah-man-carrying-a-sword-but-they-wont-say-why/



Cops fatally shoot Utah man carrying a sword, but they won’t say why
By Travis Gettys
Friday, September 12, 2014 7:57 EDT

Police shot and killed a man Wednesday morning who was carrying a samurai sword, but they’re not offering many details about what happened.

Witnesses reported the man, identified Thursday as 22-year-old Darrien Hunt, walking around with the martial arts weapon outside a convenience store in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

A 911 caller described Hunt as a “suspicious person” who was waving the sword around about 9:40 a.m. in the parking lot of Top Stop Convenience Store.

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“There’s no blade on it — it’s just a rounded edge,” said Cindy Moss. “It’d be like hitting someone with a stick, and they murdered him over it.”
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